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3 bodies thought to be migrants found in river Macedonia

Mon, 14/03/2016 - 12:26

(ANSA-AP) - TRIESTE - Police in Macedonia say the bodies of
two men and one woman, believed to be migrants, have been found
in a river near the border with Greece.
Police spokesman Toni Angelovski told The Associated Press that
the bodies were discovered early Monday in the Suva Reka river,
near the border town of Gevgelija.
More than 40,000 people have been stranded in Greece after
Macedonia and other ex-Yugoslav countries closed their borders
to migrants and refugees. The closures have prompted many to try
and seek more dangerous crossings.
UNHCR official Ljubinka Brasnarska said 19 migrants had been
placed in a shelter in Macedonia and another three were
hospitalized after crossing the Suva Reka.
She told the AP that border closures are forcing migrants to
resort to "desperate actions." (ANSA-AP).

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